List of governors of the Dutch East Indies
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This is a list of governors and colonial administrators of the Dutch East Indies.{{sfn|Cribb|Kahin|2004|pp=463–465}}{{cite web|last = Cahoon|first = B.|title = Indonesia|url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Indonesia.html|work = World Statesmen.org|access-date = 2019-08-16|df = dmy-all}}
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Governors
= Dutch East India Company rule =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!style="background:#FD8301; color:white;" colspan="5"|File:Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg Dutch East India Company |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Portrait !style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Name !style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Took office !style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Left office |
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style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|1
|Pieter Both |19 December 1610 |6 November 1614 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|2
|File:Anonymous Portrait of Gerard Reynst circa 1650.jpg |Gerard Reynst |6 November 1614 |7 December 1615 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|3
|File:Anonymous Portrait of Laurens Reael circa 1650.jpg |Laurens Reael |7 December 1615 |21 March 1619 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|4
|Jan Pieterszoon Coen |30 April 1618 |1 February 1623 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|5
|File:Pieter de Carpentier (1588-1659). Gouverneur-generaal (1623-27) Rijksmuseum SK-A-4529.jpeg |Pieter de Carpentier |1 February 1623 |30 September 1627 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|6
|Jan Pieterszoon Coen |30 September 1627 |21 September 1629 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|7
|File:Jacques Specx (geb. 1588). Gouverneur-generaal (1629-32), SK-A-4530.jpg |Jacques Specx |22 September 1629 |17 April 1632 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|8
|Hendrik Brouwer |18 April 1632 |1 January 1636 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|9
|Anthony van Diemen |1 January 1636 |19 April 1645 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|10
|File:Cornelis van der Lijn (1608?-79). Gouverneur-generaal (1645-50) Rijksmuseum SK-A-4533.jpeg |Cornelis van der Lijn |19 April 1645 |26 April 1650 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|11
|File:Karel Reyniersz (1604-53). Gouverneur-generaal (1650-53) Rijksmuseum SK-A-4534.jpeg |Carel Reyniersz |26 April 1650 |19 May 1653 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|12
|File:Joan Maetsuyker (1606-78). Gouverneur-generaal (1653-78) Rijksmuseum SK-A-4535.jpeg |Joan Maetsuycker |19 May 1653 |4 January 1678 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|13
|Rijckloff van Goens |4 January 1678 |25 November 1681 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|14
|File:Portrait of Cornelis Speelman 001.jpg |Cornelis Speelman |25 November 1681 |11 January 1684 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|15
|File:Johannes Camphuys (1685).jpg |Johannes Camphuys |11 January 1684 |24 November 1691 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|16
|File:Willem van Outhoorn (1635-1720). Gouverneur-generaal (1691-1704) Rijksmuseum SK-A-4539.jpeg |Willem van Outhoorn |24 September 1691 |15 August 1704 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|17
|File:Portrait of Joan van Hoorn.jpg |Joan van Hoorn |15 August 1704 |30 October 1709 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|18
|File:Abraham van Riebeeck (1653-1713). Gouverneur-generaal (1709-13) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3771.jpeg |Abraham van Riebeeck |30 October 1709 |17 November 1713 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|19
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Christoffel van Swoll Rijksmuseum SK-A-3772.jpeg |Christoffel van Swoll |17 November 1713 |12 November 1718 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|20
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Hendrik Swaardecroon Rijksmuseum SK-A-3773.jpeg |Hendrick Zwaardecroon |13 November 1718 |8 July 1725 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|21
|File:Mattheus de Haan (1663-1729). Gouverneur-generaal (1725-29) Rijksmuseum SK-A-4543.jpeg |Mattheus de Haan |8 July 1725 |1 June 1729 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|22
|File:Diederik van Durven (1676-1740). Gouverneur-generaal (1729-30) Rijksmuseum SK-A-4544.jpeg |Diederik Durven |1 June 1729 |28 May 1732 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|23
|File:Dirk van Cloon (1730-1735) Portret van gouverneur-generaal Dirk van Cloon, SK-A-3776.jpg |Dirck van Cloon |28 May 1732 |10 March 1735 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|24
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Abraham Patras Rijksmuseum SK-A-3777.jpeg |Abraham Patras |11 March 1735 |3 May 1737 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|25
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Adriaan Valckenier Rijksmuseum SK-A-3778.jpeg |Adriaan Valckenier |3 May 1737 |6 November 1741 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|26
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Johannes Thedens Rijksmuseum SK-A-3779.jpeg |Johannes Thedens |6 November 1741 |28 May 1743 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|27
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff Rijksmuseum SK-A-3780.jpeg |Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff |28 May 1743 |1 November 1750 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|28
|File:Jacob Mossel 1704-1761.jpg |Jacob Mossel |1 November 1750 |15 May 1761 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|29
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Petrus Albertus van der Parra Rijksmuseum SK-A-3782.jpeg |Petrus Albertus van der Parra |15 May 1761 |28 December 1775 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|30
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Jeremias van Riemsdijk Rijksmuseum SK-A-3783.jpeg |Jeremias van Riemsdijk |28 December 1775 |3 October 1777 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|31
|File:Reinier de Klerk (1710-80). Gouverneur-generaal (1777-80) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3784.jpeg |Reynier de Klerck |4 October 1777 |1 September 1780 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|32
|File:Portret van gouverneur-generaal Willem Arnold Alting Rijksmuseum SK-A-3785.jpeg |Willem Arnold Alting |1 September 1780 |17 February 1797 |
= Dutch government rule =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!style="background:#FD8301; color:white;" colspan="6"|File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch East Indies |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Portrait !style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Name !style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Took office !style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Left office !style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|Monarch |
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style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|1
|Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten |16 August 1796 |22 August 1801 |rowspan="3"|File:Grootzegel van de Bataafse Republiek (1796).svg |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|2
|File:Johannes Siberg (1740-1817). Gouverneur-generaal (1801-05) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3788.jpeg |Johannes Siberg |22 August 1801 |19 October 1804 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|3
|File:Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761-1810). Gouverneur-generaal (1805-08) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3789.jpeg |Albertus Henricus Wiese |19 October 1804 |5 June 1806 |
style="background:#0055A4; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="6"|French interregnum in the Dutch East Indies under the Kingdom of Holland |
style="background:#0055A4; color:#FFFFFF;"|3
|File:Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761-1810). Gouverneur-generaal (1805-08) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3789.jpeg |Albertus Henricus Wiese |5 June 1806 |14 January 1808 |rowspan="2"|File:LouisBonaparte Holland.jpg |
style="background:#0055A4; color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="2"|4
|rowspan="2"|Herman Willem Daendels |rowspan="2"|14 January 1808 |rowspan="2"|15 May 1811 |
File:Cottrau - Napoléon-Louis Bonaparte (1804-1831).jpg Lodewijk II{{smalldiv|(1 July 1810 – 9 July 1810) House of Bonaparte}} |
style="background:#0055A4; color:#FFFFFF;"|5
|Jan Willem Janssens |15 May 1811 |18 September 1811 |File:Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries - Google Art Project.jpg |
style="background:#C8102E; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="6"|British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies |
style="background:#C8102E; color:#FFFFFF;"|—
|Robert Rollo Gillespie |9 August 1811 |18 September 1811 |rowspan="3"|File:Allan Ramsay - King George III in coronation robes - Google Art Project.jpg |
style="background:#C8102E; color:#FFFFFF;"|6
|File:George Francis Joseph - Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles.jpg |Thomas Stamford Raffles |18 September 1811 |12 March 1816 |
style="background:#C8102E; color:#FFFFFF;"|7
|John Fendall |12 March 1816 |19 August 1816 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;" colspan="6"|Netherlands regained full control with three commissioners-general |
rowspan="3" style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|8
|Cornelis Theodorus Elout |rowspan="3"|19 August 1816 |rowspan="3"|16 January 1819 |rowspan="3"|File:William I of the Netherlands.jpg |
File:Godart Alexander Gerard Philip Baron van der Capellen (1778-1848). Gouverneur-generaal (1816-26) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3795.jpeg
|Godert van der Capellen |
File:Arnold Adriaan Buyskes (1771-1838). Commissaris-generaal (1816-19) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3794.jpeg
|Arnold Adriaan Buyskes |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;" colspan="6"|Cornelis Theodorus Elout and Arnold Adriaan Buyskes left |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|9
|Godert van der Capellen |16 January 1819 |1 January 1826 |rowspan="7"|File:William I of the Netherlands.jpg |
rowspan="2" style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|10
|Leonard du Bus de Gisignies | rowspan="2" |2 January 1826 | rowspan="2" |16 January 1830 |
File:Hendrik Merkus Baron de Kock (1779-1845). Legercommandant en na 1826 luitenant-gouverneur-generaal Rijksmuseum SK-A-3796.jpeg
|Hendrik Merkus de Kock |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|11
|Johannes van den Bosch |16 January 1830 |2 July 1833 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|12
|Jean Chrétien Baud |2 July 1833 |29 February 1836 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|13
|Dominique Jacques de Eerens |29 February 1836 |30 May 1840 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|—
|File:Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp (1788-1856).jpg |Carel van Hogendorp |30 May 1840 |6 January 1841 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|14
|File:Pieter Merkus (1787-1844). Gouverneur-generaal (1841-44) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3801.jpeg |Pieter Merkus |6 January 1841 |2 August 1844 |rowspan="3"|File:Willemll by Pieneman.jpg |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|—
|File:State coat of arms of the Netherlands (1815-1907).svg |Joan Cornelis Reynst |2 August 1844 |30 September 1845 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|15
|Jan Jacob Rochussen |30 September 1845 |12 May 1851 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|16
|File:Herman Antonie de Bloeme - Albertus Jacob Duymaer van Twist.jpg |Albertus Duymaer van Twist |15 May 1851 |22 May 1856 |rowspan="11"|File:Willem III (1817-90), koning der Nederlanden, Nicolaas Pieneman, 1856, Rijksmuseum.jpg |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|17
|File:Charles Ferdinand Pahud (1803-73). Gouverneur-generaal (1855-61) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3804.jpeg |Charles Ferdinand Pahud |22 May 1856 |2 September 1861 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|—
|File:Raden Sarief Bustaman Saleh - Ary Prins (1816-1867).jpg |Ary Prins |2 September 1861 |19 October 1861 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|18
|Ludolph Sloet van de Beele |19 October 1861 |25 October 1866 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|—
|File:Raden Sarief Bustaman Saleh - Ary Prins (1816-1867).jpg |Ary Prins |25 October 1866 |28 December 1866 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|19
|File:Pieter Mijer (1812-81). Gouverneur-generaal (1866-71) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3806.jpeg |Pieter Mijer |28 December 1866 |1 January 1872 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|20
|File:Portrait of James Loudon by Andries van den Berg Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-A-3807.jpg |James Loudon |1 January 1872 |26 March 1875 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|21
|Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge |26 March 1875 |12 April 1881 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|22
|File:Frederik s'Jacob (1822-1901). Gouverneur-generaal (1880-84) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3809.jpeg |Frederik s'Jacob |12 April 1881 |20 January 1884 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|23
|Otto van Rees |20 January 1884 |29 September 1888 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|24
|Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk |29 September 1888 |17 October 1893 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|25
|Carel Aart van der Wijck |17 October 1893 |3 October 1899 |rowspan="9"|File:Thérèse Schwartze 013.jpg |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|26
|File:Willem Rooseboom (1843-1920). Gouverneur-generaal (1899-1904) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3813.jpeg |Willem Rooseboom |3 October 1899 |1 October 1904 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|27
|File:Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz Hannke 1908.jpg |Johannes van Heutsz |1 October 1904 |18 December 1909 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|28
|Alexander Idenburg |18 December 1909 |21 March 1916 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|29
|File:Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum (1873-1948). Gouverneur-generaal (1916-21), SK-A-3816.jpg |Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum |21 March 1916 |24 March 1921 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|30
|File:Portrait of Dirk Fock by Jan Frank Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-A-3817.jpg |Dirk Fock |24 March 1921 |6 September 1926 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|31
|Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff |6 September 1926 |11 September 1931 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|32
|Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge |12 September 1931 |16 September 1936 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|33
|File:A. W. L. T. van Starkenborgh by Ziegler, KITLV 7804.jpg |Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh |16 September 1936 |8 March 1942 |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;" colspan="6"|Japanese occupation and Indonesian National Revolution |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|—
|File:Dr. H.J. van Mook, Bestanddeelnr 935-0691.jpg |Hubertus Johannes van Mook |8 March 1942 |15 October 1948 |File:Thérèse Schwartze 013.jpg |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|—
|File:Beel, L.J.M. - SFA008007058.jpg |Louis Joseph Maria Beel |29 October 1948 |18 May 1949 |rowspan="2"|File:MontagefotoInhuldiging koningin Juliana Eedsaflegging in de Nieuwe Kerk te Ams, Bestanddeelnr 900-0185.jpg |
style="background:#FD8301; color:white;"|—
|Antonius Hermanus Lovink |18 May 1949 |27 December 1949 |
style="background:#ED1C24; color:white;" colspan="6"|Establishment of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union |
style="background:#ED1C24; color:white;"|—
|File:Dr. P. J. A. Idenburg. Directeur-generaal Algemene Zaken, Bestanddeelnr 902-0286 (2-3).jpg |Petrus Johannes Idenburg |27 December 1949 |15 February 1956 |File:MontagefotoInhuldiging koningin Juliana Eedsaflegging in de Nieuwe Kerk te Ams, Bestanddeelnr 900-0185.jpg |
See also
Footnotes
{{reflist|30em}}
Sources
- {{cite book|last1 = Cribb|first1 = R. C.|last2 = Kahin|first2 = A. R.|date = 2004|title = Historical Dictionary of Indonesia|location = Lanham|publisher = Scarecrow Press|isbn = 9780810849358}}
External links
- [https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Indonesia.htm Indonesia list of authority]
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